Handscroll, ink on gold-flecked paper
Two seals of the artist
Twelve collector’s seals, including ten of Xiang Yuan Ian (1525-1590)
Three partial and illegible seals
Colophons by Peng Yuangguang (1873-1946), Yu Youren (1879-1964), Huang Miaozi (1913-2012) and Qi Gong (1912-2005), with a total of eight seals.
Sold on behalf of a Sydney private collector at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2022, (lot 818) for HK$1.26m (Estimate HK$100,000-200,000).
Worked in the form of a recumbent horse, its head turned to the left and looking back towards its hind quarters, the stone of a pale
The rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior carved with two swimming fish, surrounded by combed work suggesting
The rounded sides rising fro a short foot to a slightly everted rim, covered in a shiny black glaze stopping just short of the foot.
Worked with a dragon head terminal facing a chilong carved on the curved shaft, the reverse with a circular knop, the stone of a translucent even
The gently sloping sides of each rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, covered to the interior and exterior with an even celadon
The gently sloping sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to an everted petal notched rim, the exterior sides scored confirming the floral form and
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